Juninho sent off after Kansas goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen’s hilarious dive

Diving is one of the most frustrating things in football, but while it’s usually strikers or wingers who get accused of taking a tumble too easily, Kansas goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen has won the crown of feigning injury by going down like he’d been shot after having the ball kicked at him.

The incident happened in Kansas’ 1-0 win over the New York Red Bulls in the MLS, with Aurelien Collin’s strike helping the home side to their third straight win.

But in the 94th minute, amid claims Kansas were time wasting, Red Bulls midfielder Juninho flicked the ball back to goalie Nielsen in order to speed up a goal kick.

Flick: Juninho flicks the ball back to Nielsen to take a goal-kick (Picture: MLS)

However, the ex-Brazil man put a little too much pace on the back pass, and the ball hit Nielsen on the forearm – forcing him to bizarrely collapse to the floor.

A stunned Juninho was then shown a straight red card by the referee, as Nielsen rolled around clutching his wrist and screaming in agony.

The ball that was toe-poked at Nielsen is one of the MLS’ new Nike footballs, known for being made of thin plastic enabling it to be super light.

Down and out: But the goalie collapses to the floor, appearing to be knocked out (Picture: MLS)

But nobody told Nielsen, who even called the physio over for treatment, before ordering him away once Juninho had been removed from the pitch.

It seems the MLS is becoming more like the top leagues in Europe by the week.